Lokomat® Therapy
- Photo: SCI Patient, Swiss Paraplegics Centre Nottwil, Switzerland
How Lokomat therapy works
Lokomat therapy is based on the latest findings in motoric learning for neurological patients. It is known that a new movement, or a qualitative improvement to an existing movement can be achieved only through a very high number of repetitions of that movement. These movements, for their part, should represent the actual movement to be learned as accurately as possible. With the support of the Lokomat system, patients can re-learn walking movements through the use of both of these therapeutic methods (repetition and task-oriented training).
This task-oriented form of therapy has established itself in the rehabilitation of a wide range of neuromuscular diseases.
Who is a candidate?
Patients suffering from the following diseases can benefit from Lokomat therapy:
"It is amazing to see how intensive locomotion therapy evolved with the Lokomat – I am very glad that we can offer this training to our patients".
Prof. Dr. med. Volker Dietz (emeritus), FRCP, Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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